Winter 2020 / Winter + Early Spring 2021
Classes + Workshops
NOTE: If a class or workshop is marked FULL, please feel free to reach out to lisapohl@concordart.org to inquire about the class waitlist.
ONLINE SEMINAR: Reframing the Ordinary: Drawing with Stuart Shils (FULL!) | THREE DAY WORKSHOP |
ONLINE CLASS: Beginning Oil Painting: A Simple Method for Rapid Progress with Chris Volpe STARTS FRI | FIVE - WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE CLASS: Pastel Painting Cozy Interiors and Still Life with Janet Schwartz | SIX WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE CLASS: See It Fresh - Paint It Bold! with Emily Passman JUST ADDED! | FIVE WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE CLASS: Alchemy of Color I with Martha Wakefield (FULL!) | SIX WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE CLASS: Cut. Paste. Construct. The Figure with Nancy Gruskin (FULL!) | SIX-WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE CLASS: Alchemy of Color II with Martha Wakefield | SIX WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE CLASS: The Unique Image with Kathy Deflice-Secor STARTS NEXT WEEK! | SIX WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE WEEKEND WORKSHOP: Drawing With Plants with Cat Bennett | THREE-DAY WORKSHOP |
ONLINE WEEKEND WORKSHOP: Write an Outstanding Bio and Artist Statement with Chris Volpe | TWO-DAY WORKSHOP |
ONLINE CLASS: Approaches to the Figure with Ron Krouk JUST ADDED! | FIVE WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE WORKSHOP: Visual Poetry Through Light and Grids with Katy Schneider | THREE DAY WEEKEND WORKSHOP |
ONLINE CLASS: Real Basics and Hands-On Color Theory with Jill Pottle JUST ADDED! | SIX WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE CLASS: Explore Contemporary Art: Break New Ground with Adria Arch JUST ADDED! | EIGHT WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE WORKSHOP: The White Line Woodcut and Beyond with Kate Hanlon | TWO-DAY WORKSHOP |
ONLINE CLASS: Pastel Painting Weathered Barns with Janet Schwartz NEW! | SIX WEEK CLASS |
ONLINE CLASS: Watercolor: All Things Spring! From Sketch to Painting with Marjorie Glick NEW! | SIX-WEEK CLASS |
AFTERNOON CLASS: Connecting with the Natural World: Elemental Landscape with Amy Wynne (FULL!) | FIVE WEEK CLASS |
MORNING CLASS: Connecting with the Natural World: Elemental Landscape with Amy Wynne JUST ADDED! | FIVE WEEK CLASS |
OUTDOOR WORKSHOP: Small Format Landscape Painting and Drawing with Kathleen Jacobs | THREE-DAY OUTDOOR WORKSHOP |
LEVEL: All Levels
MEDIUM: Drawing
REFRAMING THE ORDINARY: Drawing with Stuart Shils is a three-day drawing seminar exploring the possibility of locating yourself graphically in the moment.
These three lively mornings will explore the relationship between drawing and observation, examining how close and clarified observation can hone our visually analytical minds, regardless of what it is we are looking at.
Each day will begin with either a slide talk or a guided conversation exploring issues like:
visual confidence
the meaning of simplification
the shaping and reshaping expectations
where to begin and how to begin
what matters on paper.
Followed by a sequence of guided exercises intended as tools for carrying back to your workaday studio lives.
This is not about recipes nor techniques but rather, addressing the evolution and structure of your own visual literacy.
Class Schedule:
Thursday 3/4 - Zoom Lecture with Stuart, 6:30PM - 8:00PM (Open to the public)
Friday 3/5 - 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Saturday 3/6 - 10:00AM - 12:30PM *
Sunday 3/7 - 10:00AM - 12:30PM *
+ Following the class, a 30-minute individual meeting/conversation with each participant at a time convenient for each person with the instructor.
*Session may run over 12:30PM
Materials include:
Pencils
Copy paper
Black construction paper
Simple scissors
Elmers glue or glue stick or tape
A straight edge
Dark and light crayon OR a dark and light marker OR a dark and light colored pencil
Complete materials list will be sent to students before the start of the class.
THREE DAY WORKSHOP
Friday, Saturday, Sunday with Lecture Thursday Evening
Thursday 3/4 - Zoom Lecture with Stuart, 6:30PM - 8:00PM
Friday 3/5 - 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Saturday 3/6 - 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Sunday 3/7 - 10:00AM - 12:30PM
+ Following the class, a 30-minute individual meeting/conversation with each participant at a time convenient for each person with the instructor.
M: $650 / NM: $700
Beginning Oil Painting: A Simple Method for Rapid Progress
Learn an intuitive, foundational approach to oil painting that works for any subject, regardless of drawing ability of lack thereof. Master a color-mixing method with just four colors plus white that will empower you to mix any color you will ever need with built-in color harmony to boot. Acquire the basics of materials, composition, and technique, gather and compose your own reference material, and move quickly to executing original paintings from start to finish.
You will leave this class knowing fine-art's best-kept secret: oil painting is the easiest painting medium there is.
Medium: Oil Painting
FIVE - WEEK CLASS
FRIDAYS, March 5 - April 2, 2021 (3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2)
1:30 - 4:30 on ZOOM
M: $325/ NM $375
Mondays 1:30PM - 4:30PM on ZOOM
MEDIUM: PASTELS
ARTIST: JANET SCHWARTZ
Beginner and Intermediate Levels
This 6-week online class will bring it indoors for those frigid days when you feel inspired. In this unique and fun program, we will focus on painting still life and interiors using the principles of value and composition. The class will include instructor demonstrations, interaction, and individual critiques. Janet Schwartz designed the Release Your Inner Artist programs as a practical strategy for beginners getting started on pastel painting and experienced painters interested in taking a fresh approach.
Each class reviews art elements previously discussed and introduces new concepts with demonstrations and plenty of hands-on time to apply what is learned. The classes are energetic, highly interactive and individualized to student needs.
Students will meet from 1:30 - 4:30 on Monday afternoons using the online platform Zoom.
Class dates: 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, and 4/12
Janet’s Website HERE
SIX WEEK CLASS
MONDAYS, March 8 - April 12, 2021
1:30 - 4:30 PM on Zoom
M: $300/ NM: $350
You want to paint representationally, but with an expressionistic flair...
Meets 3/8, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, and 4/19 (NO CLASS MARCH 15)
All Painters Welcome!
Intermediate to Advanced
FIVE WEEK CLASS
Mondays March 8 - April 19, 2021 (no class 3/15)
NO CLASS ON MARCH 15
10:00AM - 1:00PM
M: $325 / NM: $375
Alchemy of Color I with Martha Wakefield
Class will meet online via ZOOM preferable on your computer (best screen). iPad
and smart phone can also be used, but you will need to download the Zoom app.
Martha will send an invitation in advance to join the ZOOM class. Instructions for
using Zoom will be sent prior to the first class.
"In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light." -Hans Hoffman
In these classes we will study the language of color and each pigment’s personality
to build a personal palette. Enhance your color knowledge through exercises,
demos and by examining past and contemporary artists’ oeuvre. Understand the
mysteries and properties of color from analysis of the psychology, perception and
energy for creating dynamic, expressive and meaningful paintings. Each week we
will meet online and through video demonstrations, slide presentations, written
material, and weekly homework assignments you will strengthen your color
awareness. All media.
Click HERE for materials list!
SIX WEEK CLASS
Tuesdays, March 9 - April 13, 2021
10:00AM - 1:00PM
M: $325 / NM: $375
Cut. Paste. Construct. The Figure. with Nancy Gruskin
MEDIUM: Collage- 3D Paper and Cardboard Constructions
ALL LEVELS
ONLINE WITH LIVE MODEL THROUGH ZOOM VIDEO MEETING.
Working from a clothed model posing live on Zoom, we will make cut-paper and cut-cardboard
collages and paper and cardboard constructions of the figure. Prior to each meeting with the
model, the instructor will give a detailed list of supplies needed for that session (see the supply
list linked below for an overview). At the beginning of each live model session, the instructor will
briefly review the exercises for the day before turning the screen over to the model, who will
hold short and long poses, depending on the exercises for that day. Exercises will encourage
you to focus on gesture and shape and to experiment with materials and working methods.
There will be four sessions with the model and two sessions in which we discuss the work made
in previous weeks, go over new concepts, and examine slideshows of the work of modern and
contemporary artists. This class is intended as a springboard for your own artistic practice,
rather than as an introduction to anatomy or a specific method of working; however, beginners
are welcomed and encouraged! A computer, laptop, or large-screen tablet is advisable for
Zoom meetings, as adequately viewing the model on a smartphone screen poses a challenge.
An additional model fee of $25 will be paid to the instructor directly. All classes will be
recorded and students will have access to these recordings for the duration of the class
plus one week.
SIX-WEEK CLASS
Wednesdays, 1 pm to 4 pm
March 10 - April 14, 2021
M: $325 / NM: $375 *$25 model fee paid to instructor directly
Alchemy of Color II with Martha Wakefield
Class will meet online via ZOOM preferable on your computer (best screen). iPad
and smart phone can also be used, but you will need to download the Zoom app.
Martha will send an invitation in advance to join the ZOOM class. Instructions for
using Zoom will be sent prior to the first class.
(Alchemy of Color Part I is a prerequisite to this class)
"The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of
color. Our entire being is nourished by it. This mystic quality of color should likewise find
expression in a work of art.” - Hans Hoffman
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In Alchemy II we will delve deeper into understanding color optics, and the properties
of saturation, hue and luminosity for creating expressive and meaningful color
choices. Artists will augment their color knowledge through exercises, demos,
critiques and examining classic and contemporary art. Students are required to take
Alchemy of Color, Part I before enrolling in this class. All media.
Click HERE to access materials list
SIX WEEK CLASS
Wednesdays, March 10 - April 14, 2021
10:00AM - 1:00PM
M: $325/ NM: $375
LEVEL: All Levels
Medium: Drawing and Painting with Acrylics on Paper
Explore your imagination and strengthen your mark making. Push beyond what you know and tap into your intuitive nature. Whether your work is abstract or representational, using your intuitive hand while responding to materials will bring out spontaneity and a different way to approach your work. The surface you work on can influence the outcome. Paper allows for a fresh and direct way of working. Canvas and panel provide more support for richer application of materials. This class will include working on a combination of surfaces to widen and enhance the variety of your work.
In this class, Kathy will assist you to thoughtfully explore your unique imagery. During each session there will be exercises to flex your imagination and mark-making along with demonstrations and critiques.
SIX WEEK CLASS
Thursdays, March 11 - April 15, 2021
1:00PM - 4:00PM
M: $300/ NM: $350
Online Weekend Workshop: Drawing With Plants with Cat Bennett
Medium: Drawing
In this workshop, to usher in the Spring, we'll use plants as our subject matter to explore drawing from close observation to drawing from memory and wild imagination. We'll use different materials to find our way into free exploration and discovery. This is an opportunity to draw in new ways and also discover the meditative benefits and creative ideas that come from a drawing practice.
All levels welcome!
https://www.catbennett.net/art
Mediums: Opaque watercolors, black fine line marker, pencil, colored pencils, kids' oil pastels, a selection of brushes and mixed media paper (Stonehenge, Strathmore, Dick Black white sulphite drawing paper 90 lb, etc.) And any other paints you want to add to this list that you have on hand.
THREE-DAY WORKSHOP
Friday, March 19, Saturday, March 20, and Sunday March 21, 2021
10:00am – 2:30pm each day
M: $250 / NM: $300
Write an Outstanding Bio & Artist Statement
Great bios and artist statements convincingly describe who you are, what you make and why you make it. Through examples, guided brainstorming and written excercises, we'll wrap fresh, honest words around your work to help viewers better value and enjoy your thought process. Turn the dreaded task of crafting these "next-level" professional tools, essential for websites, exhibitions, grants, and residences, into a compelling invitation! This workshop will help you clarify your creative goals and name your passion.
REQUIREMENTS: Computer with wordprocessing program
TWO-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday March 27 and Sunday March 28, 2021
10:00am - 2:00pm
M: $150/ NM $200
Approuches to the Figure with Ron Krouk
MEDIUM: Charcoal, Pencil, and Oil or Acrylic
ALL LEVELS
Our subject will be a live model on video, some filmed models and some inspiring works of art. With both drawing and painting media we'll practice different approaches which will focus your attention on simplifying the figure in space. Relying on observation, we'll practice ways to establish correct proportions and create effective compositions. Emphasis is on the difference between everyday seeing and seeing for the 2-D world of relationships, relative angles and dimentions, shapes, values, and colors. Plan on 3 hours of class time followed by an assignment to be completed during the week. Every level of experience is welcome.
MODEL FEE INCLUDED
Click here for Materials List and Home Set Up
FIVE WEEK CLASS
Thursdays, April 1 - April 29, 2021
10:00AM - 1:00PM
M: $325 / NM: $375 *model fee included
LEVEL: All Levels
MEDIUM: Any and All
Working from life, participants will elevate the overlooked, mundane objects that surround them. We will investigate how to
tell stories with light; we will explore grids as compositional devices. Incorporating both, students will create drama,
relationships and visual poems. All levels of experience are welcome.
THREE DAY WEEKEND WORKSHOP
April 9, 10, 11
1:00PM - 4:00PM
$300 M / $350 NM
Real Basics and Hands-On Color Theory for Oil and Acrylic Painters
Instructor: Jill Pottle
LEVEL: All Levels
MEDIUM: Oil and/or Acrylic Paints
Are you relatively new to painting? Or have you always struggled with the basic understanding of Color Theory? This class is for you! Through color mixing exercises and hands on painting, I will take you on a journey of why color works the way it does. Gain an understanding on how to: increase the richness of your pallet, build layers of color to create depth or how’s and why’s to put colors in relationship to each other. Students will work on a single subject over and over to see the differences in their pallet use. We will paint along and historical references will be used.
SIX WEEK CLASS
Tuesdays, April 13 - May 18, 2021
10:00AM - 1:00PM
$300 M/$350 NM
MEDIUM: acrylic paint, drawing, mixed media
ALL LEVELS
Contemporary art can be mystifying, but it doesn’t have to be! Each week we’ll see work by a different artist and learn about their inspiration, process, and technique. Then we’ll create our own response to the work, using themes and techniques that are similar to theirs. In this way, we’ll learn about new approaches as well as how to look at and think about the art that is being made right now. Our goal is to open up to new ways of thinking and making our own work.
EIGHT WEEK CLASS
Mondays, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
April 16 - June 4, 2021
M: $325 / NM: $375
TWO-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, April 17, 10:00am–1:00pm
Sunday, April 18, 10:00pm–1:00pm
M: $200 / NM: $250
MEDIUM: PRINTMAKING
The white line woodcut, also known as the Provincetown Print, is a uniquely American form of printmaking, invented by artists working in Provincetown in the early 1900s. In this method, beautiful multicolor prints are printed by hand using a single block, eliminating the need for a press or complicated registration methods. This fun workshop offers the opportunity to learn traditional techniques of design, carving, and printing, as well as the chance to expand upon the tradition with creative inking and printing options, to create contemporary interpretations of the medium. Participants will leave with a number of prints, and with newfound skills and appreciation of the process.
Click HERE for materials list!
TWO-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, April 17, 2021 from 10:00am–1:00pm
Sunday, April 18, 2021 from 10:00pm–1:00pm
M: $200 / NM: $250
Mondays 1:30PM - 4:30PM on ZOOM
MEDIUM: PASTELS
ARTIST: JANET SCHWARTZ
Beginner and Intermediate Levels
This 6-week online class will bring old barns to center stage, with all their character and imperfections.
We will use pastels to paint weathered barns and the beautiful landscapes that frame them, using the principles of value and composition.
Students will meet from 1:30 - 4:30 on Monday afternoons using the online platform Zoom.
Janet’s Website HERE
SIX WEEK CLASS
MONDAYS, April 19 - May 21, 2021
1:30 - 4:30 PM on Zoom
M: $300/ NM: $350
WATERCOLOR: All Things Spring: From Sketch to Painting
ARTIST: MARJORIE GLICK
SIX WEEKS
April 28 - June 2, 2021
10AM-1PM ZOOM class
Celebrate the unfolding of spring by putting your watercolor impressions in a sketchbook. Because light is fleeting and flowers fade, students will supplement their sketch with reference photos. Often first impressions are a very pure and unfiltered experience of a subject and, if nothing else, it can spark joy of simply seeing and thinking about color. Working from your sketches and reference photos you take, learn to re-imagine these intuitive, observational studies into fully realized watercolors by using watercolor's unique qualities of transparency and flow and a study of color juxtapositions, layering, light and shadow.
Each week there will be a new assignment pertaining to an aspect of spring happening in real time, During the week, you'll make sketches and take reference photos. In class there will be watercolor demonstrations, time to paint, and we will discuss how to delvelop your sketches into finished watercolors.
Click HERE for Material List!
SIX-WEEK CLASS
Wednesdays, April 28 - June, 2, 2021
ZOOM class 10:00am – 1:00pm
M: $325 NM: $375
Conecting with the Natural World: Elemental Landscape with Amy Wynne
Getting outside offers us the chance to be inspired by the beauty of the world around us. This month-long online landscape sketching class is done on your own terms, from your window, in your backyard or further afield. Your visual interpretation of the landscape will be supported by weekly online demonstrations covering key concepts related to creating successfully expressive landscape imagery. Prompts related to simplification, structure, compositional dynamics, creating depth, value and a limited palette will be offered each week. Meditative journaling exercises will deepen your connection with a sense of place. Weekly sharing of imagery, supportive dialogues and suggested readings will strengthen your interpretation of the landscape in any medium.
All levels of experience welcome.
Class Schedule:
5/5/21 - Introductions. Connection. Compositional Dynamics. Value. Linear to Painterly. Simplifying with Monochromatic Collage.
5/12/21 - Using a Limited Palette. Collecting Color Data. Color Space. Simplifying with Color Collage.
5/19/21 - Using an Expanded Palette. Working in a Temporal Series.
5/26/21 - Small Group Check In. Integrating Process as Teacher. Strategies for Enlarging Imagery.
6/2/21 - Reflections & Next Steps
BIO
Amy Wynne received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from the New York Academy of Art in Manhattan and her BA from Smith College in Art History and Cultural Anthropology. She has been teaching painting and drawing for over 25 years. For 10 years, she taught full time at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Amy taught at the Rhode Island School of Design's Pre-College and Certificate Programs and works as a Creative Coach for many private clients both in her studio and on-line. She is RISD CE's 2014 Teacher of Excellence.
FIVE WEEK CLASS
Wednesdays, May 5 - June 2, 2021
2:00 - 4:00PM
M: $300 / NM: $350
Conecting with the Natural World: Elemental Landscape with Amy Wynne
Getting outside offers us the chance to be inspired by the beauty of the world around us. This month-long online landscape sketching class is done on your own terms, from your window, in your backyard or further afield. Your visual interpretation of the landscape will be supported by weekly online demonstrations covering key concepts related to creating successfully expressive landscape imagery. Prompts related to simplification, structure, compositional dynamics, creating depth, value and a limited palette will be offered each week. Meditative journaling exercises will deepen your connection with a sense of place. Weekly sharing of imagery, supportive dialogues and suggested readings will strengthen your interpretation of the landscape in any medium.
All levels of experience welcome.
Class Schedule:
5/5/21 - Introductions. Connection. Compositional Dynamics. Value. Linear to Painterly. Simplifying with Monochromatic Collage.
5/12/21 - Using a Limited Palette. Collecting Color Data. Color Space. Simplifying with Color Collage.
5/19/21 - Using an Expanded Palette. Working in a Temporal Series.
5/26/21 - Small Group Check In. Integrating Process as Teacher. Strategies for Enlarging Imagery.
6/2/21 - Reflections & Next Steps
BIO
Amy Wynne received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from the New York Academy of Art in Manhattan and her BA from Smith College in Art History and Cultural Anthropology. She has been teaching painting and drawing for over 25 years. For 10 years, she taught full time at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Amy taught at the Rhode Island School of Design's Pre-College and Certificate Programs and works as a Creative Coach for many private clients both in her studio and on-line. She is RISD CE's 2014 Teacher of Excellence.
FIVE WEEK CLASS
Wednesdays, May 5 - June 2, 2021
11:00 - 1:00PM
M: $300 / NM: $350
OUTDOOR WORKSHOP: SMALL FORMAT LANDSCAPE PAINTING & DRAWING with Kathleen Jacobs
Outdoor Plein Air Weekend Workshop at Grounding Stone Farm, New Hampshire
ALL MEDIUMS
Kathleen Jacobs
Working outdoors, students will investigate, record and hone their observational skills. You will work intuitively to explore and consider line, form and the distinctive colors that exist in this beautiful part of the world. Students will take simple hikes around the Grounding Stone Farm property. Small sketches will help students to understand a simplified sense of space and compositional structure -- without over analysis of detail. There will be an emphasis on drawing form and structure to seek a certain compositional grace and order from nature. Working small, participants will draw and paint quickly. All skill levels welcome. Any medium welcome; including oil, watercolor, acrylic or gouache, charcoal, etc. Protocols to protect you and fellow students will be in place; students will be working outdoors. All participants must wear masks and keep at a safe distance from each other.
http://kdjprogress.blogspot.com/
Click HERE for materials list!
THREE-DAY OUTDOOR WORKSHOP
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, May 21, 22, and 23 from 10:00 am–4:00 pm
M: $625 / NM: $675